Jonathan Cook Nigh

J.C. Nigh was born in Fairfield County, Ohio to AdamO. & Martha Jane (Cook) Nigh. Just a month before histwenty-first birthday he married Married “Martha Ann(Williams) Nigh" (b.8/20/1841 in Grundy Co., MO;d.9/29/1931) in April 1858 in Missouri. J.C. & Marthawould go on to have seven children, the first three(John Elles, Mary Jane, Sarah Katherine) being born inMercer Co., MO and the remaining four (Thomas O.,Rachel Melinda, Kate & Charles Henry) being born inAlvord (Wise County), Texas where the family hadmoved to in 1875. Sometime not long beforeOklahoma statehood (1907), the Nigh family moved toStephens Co., Oklahoma where J.C. & Martha lived theremainder of their days.

There is no indication of military service inscribed onJ.C.'s headstone.

12/18/2004

Blog on break

I plan to resume posting on this blog in the monthof February. Starting then, posts will be on somethingmore like a once-a-month schedule rather than ona once-a-week basis as has been the case in the past.